⭐️ Total score |
2.72/5 (Rank #231)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍5 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,899 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 21 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C85°F (feels 34°C93°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 77%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Low: 37%
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$493 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Good |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Thailand |
🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 21 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (77%) = feels 34°C 93°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 THB in USD | USD 3.10 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 310 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Lanna Cafe Kohchang |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 5,400 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,911 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
🏠 Apartment listings | 9 Apartment |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,899 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,370 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,863 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $818 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $512 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,693 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $654 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $263,533 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $24 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $56 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $256 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Beautiful nature
✅ Pristine beaches
✅ Authentic local culture
✅ Not crowded
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Can be rainy depending on season
❌ Still underdeveloped
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 28°C / 82°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm |
Real (median) |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
Humidity |
nice 65% |
nice 70% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 73% |
nice 64% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 18mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 429mm |
rainy 570mm |
rainy 628mm |
rainy 535mm |
rainy 628mm |
rainy 281mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 24mm |
Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 28% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 33% |
Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 311 people | 400 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 286 people | 250 people | 200 people |
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